Welcome to the Conflict Management Division (CMD)

The Conflict Management Division supports research, teaching and practice in the areas of conflict, power, and negotiation. The Academy of Management is the leading professional association for management research and education in the United States with almost 17,000 members worldwide from universities and businesses.

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Current Items of Interest  (Click on text highlighted in red to activate hyperlinks.)

Group & Organization Management
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Conceptual Issue

The Editorial Team of Group & Organization Management would like to invite authors to submit proposals for a new feature of the Journal – a Conceptual Review Issue. Articles for the Conceptual Issue are intended to be high-impact scholarly conceptual pieces based on extant development in research literatures. This Conceptual Review Issue, unlike typical Review Issues published in other journals, will consist of papers that offer more than just a summary of existing knowledge in certain area.  Manuscripts submitted for the Conceptual Review Issue should go beyond summarizing recent research, and should in addition provide an integration of management literatures, offer an integrated framework, and highlight directions for possible future inquiry.  Similar to Review Issues published in other journals, such papers should be based on existing literature, and are not expected to offer empirical data. Papers offering inter-disciplinary and/or multi-level insights on management and organizational processes are welcomed and encouraged.

Proposals for the Conceptual Review Issue should contain 1500-1800 words (a figure and/or table can be added). You may also add appendix containing sample references. References, figures, tables, and appendices do not count against the aforementioned word count. All proposals will be subject to editorial review. Submissions will be evaluated with respect to the following criteria:

(a)  Relevance. The proposed manuscript should thoroughly review a significant and important research area within the group and organizational management field.

(b)  Viability. The proposal should demonstrate how the paper will be completed within the time frame (see below). 

(c)  Scope of Interest. Papers of broad interest to scholars in diverse research areas are greatly preferred.

(d)  Organization and Coherence. The proposal should follow a logical structure, read clearly, and thoroughly represent the available research.

(e)  Conceptual Value Added. The paper should offer insights that go beyond a thorough summary of current literature. 

(f)  Agenda for Future Research. The proposal should convey relevant implications for future research.

Authors must adhere to a stringent timeline. Relevant dates are as follows:

·         January 1st, 2009: Proposal submission due date.
·         March 31, 2009: Final decision on proposal and initial feedback provided to authors.
·         October 30, 2009: First draft of paper due.
·         December 1, 2009: Feedback to authors on first draft.
·         March 31, 2010: Final paper submitted.

Proposals should be submitted as an e-mail attachment to Gayle Baugh at the University of West Florida (gbaugh@uwf.edu).  Please ensure that the full proposal is contained in one file. 

 

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Most Influential Article Award, 2000-2003

This is a call for nominations for the Most Influential Article Award of the Conflict Management Division of the Academy of Management for the period of 2000-2003 (i.e., papers to be considered need to have appeared in print during this time period).

One of the primary methods of determining the most influential article award will be based on your nominations. The committee, consisting of Jack Goncalo, Pri Shah, Marwan Sinaceur, Judith White, and myself, will compile your nominations, as well as review the important journals in our field (e.g., AMJ, OBHDP, ASQ, JPSP, PSPB, JESP, JAP, IJCM, AMR).

Indicators of influence on the field include citation impact, generative impact, and wide use in doctoral seminars. Thus, we are hoping that you will nominate articles that you have used in doctoral seminars or those that have been important in guiding your own research. Self nominations are also welcome.

One thing that the committee would like to emphasize is that we are interested in receiving nominations from the full range of both topic areas studied and methodologies utilized in our division.  Demonstrating this diversity of area and method, past winners appear at the bottom of this email.

If you'd like to nominate an article or articles, please send an e-mail to me by June 13th at Maura_Belliveau@bus.emory.edu.  The committee would very much appreciate it if you could not only include the citation, but also a pdf version of the article if possible.  A description of why you think this particular article deserves inclusion in the influential article category will also be extremely helpful to the committee.  Finally, please use the following SUBJECT heading in your email: “CMD  Most Influential Paper.”

We all look forward to your nominations!

Maura A. Belliveau
Associate Professor
Goizueta Business School
Emory University
1300 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322-2710
Tel: 404-727-2320
Maura_Belliveau@bus.emory.edu

Previous Winners

2007
Jehn, K.A., Northcraft, G., & Neale, M. (1999). Why differences make a difference: A field study of diversity, conflict, and performance in workgroups.  Administrative Science Quarterly, 44, 741-763.

2006 Miller, D., & Ratner, R. (1998). The Disparity between the Actual and Assumed Power of Self-interest. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 53-62.

2005
Chatman, J., J. Polzer, S. Barsade, & Neale, M. (1998). "Being Different Yet Feeling Similar: The Influence of Demographic Composition and Organizational Culture on Work Processes and Outcomes." Administrative Science Quarterly, 43, 749-780.

2004
Jehn, K.A. (1995). A multi-method examination of the benefits and detriments of intragroup conflict. Administrative Science Quarterly, 40, 256-282

Mayer, R.C., Davis, J.H., & Schoorman, F.D. (1995). An integrative model of organizational trust. Academy of Management Review, 20, 709-734

2001
Robinson, R. J., Keltner, D., Ward, A., & Ross, L. (1995). Actual versus assumed differences in construal: "Naive realism" in intergroup perception and conflict. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 404-417.

1999
Friedman, R.A., & Podolny, J. M. (1992). Differentiation of Boundary Spanning Roles: Labor Negotiations and Implications for Role Conflict. Administrative Science Quarterly, 37, 28-47.

Conflict Management Division’s PDWs

Academy of Management 2008 

Negotiating Your First Job. This is our 4th annual PDW for doctoral students which is always well attended and favorably evaluated. The workshop typically involves an overview of job negotiations, participation in a job negotiation simulation, small group discussions, and lively panel discussions in which our CMD negotiation experts field questions from session attendees. Our panelists include (to date) Steve Weiss, Greg Northcraft, Robin Pinkley, Don Moore, Jeff Loewenstein, Dania Dialdin, Will Maddux, Paul Martorana, Chenbo Zhong, Lisa Amaroso, and Ray Friedman. This remains a valuable session for job-seeking PhD candidates and an excellent opportunity to attract new members and foster relations with individuals from divisions other than CMD. For information on 2008’s session, please contact Judith B. White, judith.b.white@dartmouth.edu. 

The Craft of Writing a Book: Wisdom from Top Scholars. At some point in their career, many management scholars consider writing a book, whether it be scholarly book, a popular press book, or a textbook. So how does one write a book and get it published? Academic training is focused almost exclusively on how to conduct a study and publish in academic journals.  How does writing a book fit into one’s career? Academic and professional careers in management often do not directly reward such endeavors. Individuals struggle with these questions hoping to do better than just muddle through. The PDW will host a distinguished panel of successful book authors who will share their insight on this topic including Max Bazerman, Roy Lewicki, Fred Luthans, and other top scholars. OB and BPS Divisions are co-hosting this session. For further information, please contact Kurt Dirks, DIRKS@WUSTL.EDU 

CMD Doctoral Consortium. Students will learn from leading scholars ways to build a successful academic career. Our goal is to help students identify and pursue research options that will contribute to the field and lead to tenure. Doctoral students will listen to presentations by successful CM scholars, then meet with them one-on-one and in small groups to discuss strategies that will advance their research and academic achievement. We are grateful for the expertise of Bruce Barry, Don Conlon, Don Ferrin, Michele Gelfand, Peter Kim, Deepak Malhotra, and Randall Peterson who have confirmed their participation (among others yet to confirm). Contact Deanna Geddes, (geddes@temple.edu) if you have any questions. Faculty members need to nominate their students (via email to Deanna) by June 30, 2008. [Please note attendance requirements:  Any doctoral student may attend who is a member of CM or is specializing in topics within the domain statement of CM. They must not have attended a previous CM doctoral consortium. Students do not need to have completed their dissertation proposal--only to have chosen a specialization area.]
 
 

META- ANALYSES

REQUEST FOR PAPERS!

We (Frank de Wit and Karen Jehn) are conducting two meta-analyses and would like to include any articles (working, in press, published) that you have written regarding (broadly defined):

1. conflict in teams/organizations  OR

2. diversity in teams

The articles do not have to include both conflict and diversity, just data on one or the other.  Below is a more thorough description of the research team and what our goals are with these two meta-analyses. 

Specific Study Description:
My PhD student, Frank De Wit, is working on a broad multi-part meta-analysis for his dissertation that examines the diversity-conflict-performance mediation chain. His thesis aims to extend the meta-analysis by De Dreu & Weingart (2003) as well as recent reviews and meta-analyses on diversity by incorporating both diversity and conflict research into his dissertation. We are wondering if you (or your PhD students, colleagues, etc) would have any working papers that include data on diversity OR conflict that would be relevant? If so, would you be so kind as to share them with us for this meta-analysis? The papers can be returned to me at this email address (jehnka@fsw.leidenuniv.nl).

Thank you in advance for your cooperation with this. We'll keep you posted of the results.
Kind regrads and thanks!

Prof. Karen A. Jehn ("Etty") and Frank de Wit (PhD student)

Social and Organizational Psychology

Leiden University
 
 

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you…
By Susan Brodt, Division Chair

Michael Gross (Colorado State U) is stepping down as our CM Division Webmaster and he will be missed.  Among other things, Michael did a tremendous job revamping and updating our website, and creating a behind-the-scenes infrastructure for the division to collect, share and store our divisional knowledge.  As well, together with Charlotte Rayner (U of Portsmouth), he provided us with numerous Newletters to keep us informed and connected. A heartfelt thank you goes out to Michael and to his technical assistant, LaurieAnn Ray.   

At the same time, we welcome Ralph Hanke (Bowling Green State U) as our new Webmaster.  Please find Ralph’s introduction nearby on the website.  We are very happy to have Ralph on board and look forward to working with him. 

 

Hello,

Jackie Carson and I would like to take this opportunity to introduce ourselves. We both work at Bowling Green State University and are looking forward to taking over maintenance of the web site from Michael Gross and Laurie Ray. Our intention is to take the excellent foundation Michael and Laurie created and build on it. For now, we will make sure the web site stays current as we adjust to our new roles.

I would like to make a point of thanking Michael and Laurie for their strong support throughout this transition. They have both been exceptionally helpful and Michael has been kind enough to keep an eye on what we are doing so as to insure a minimum of errors and oversights.

If you have any thoughts or ideas for the website, please do not hesitate to contact me -- ralphh@bgsu.edu.

Sincerely,

Ralph

 

News from your CMD Web Manager: Ralph Hanke, Bowling Green State University

We have created links for Education Resources and for Teaching Resources in response to feedback from our division’s five year review where you called for more information on teaching (e.g., course syllabi) to be made available on our web site.
 
 

Please feel free to email comments, questions, and suggestions to the CMD Website Manager, Ralph Hanke at ralphh@bgsu.edu or the CMD Webmaster, Jackie Carson at jcarso2@bgsu.edu.

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